KEA'S CURRICULUM/LESSON PLANS
Experiential Environmental Education and Targeted Age Range
Science learning is affected by cultural beliefs and practices as well as cognitive practices. Hands-on activities are not as limited by language and cultural barriers, and they are less dependent on formal mastery of the language of instruction (Lee, 2005). Middle childhood and adolescence is a developmental time of great expanded interest, curiosity, and capacity for assimilating knowledge and understanding of the natural world. During this period, children develop a rudimentary empirical knowledge and emotional responsiveness and receptivity of the natural world. Developing a personal connection and attachment to a local natural resource has been shown to influence environmentally responsible behavior in an individual's everyday life (Kellert, 2005).
Curriculum Development
KEA's Tides Talk! floating classroom and classroom-based program is modeled after the O'Neill Sea Odyssey (OSO) program, a non-profit organization incorporated in 1996 by wetsuit innovator Jack O'Neill. The OSO program engages school groups with lessons in marine sciences, conservation, and navigation, integrated into an environmental education program performed shoreside and on a 65-foot catamaran sailing in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. OSO's curriculum is aligned with both the California State and Federal Education Standards in science and mathematics and NOAA's Essential Principals and Fundamental Concepts of Ocean Literacy. KEA's curriculum is modeled after the OSO curriculum, "Investigations in a National Marine Sanctuary." OSO's comprehensive curriculum can be found at: http://oneillseaodyssey.org/wp-content/themes/oneil/images/pdf/curriculum_english.pdf
KEA's Tides Talk! Shoreside and Inland Trek programs are modeled after the Marine Science Institute's (MSI) Discovery Voyage program located in the San Fransisco Bay area. MSI was founded in 1970 to exist as a bridge between environmental concerns and education in the San Francisco Bay area. The Discovery Voyage was formed to create opportunities for student groups to get experiences with the flora and fauna of San Francisco Bay through a variety of hands-on programs. Today, MSI serves approximately 50,000 students and adults per year through all of the programs combined. Information about MSI's programs can be found at http://www.sfbaymsi.org.
Citations:
Kellert, Stephen R (2005). Building for life: designing and understanding the human-nature connection. Chapter 3: Nature and Childhood Development. Island Press.
Lee, O. (2005). Science education with English language learners: synthesis and research agenda. Review of Educational Research, 75 (4), 491-530.
A copy of KEA's Curriculum is available to our donors and prospective sponsors. If you are a current donor, or prospective donor/sponsor and would like a copy of our curriculum, please contact us using the form below:
Science learning is affected by cultural beliefs and practices as well as cognitive practices. Hands-on activities are not as limited by language and cultural barriers, and they are less dependent on formal mastery of the language of instruction (Lee, 2005). Middle childhood and adolescence is a developmental time of great expanded interest, curiosity, and capacity for assimilating knowledge and understanding of the natural world. During this period, children develop a rudimentary empirical knowledge and emotional responsiveness and receptivity of the natural world. Developing a personal connection and attachment to a local natural resource has been shown to influence environmentally responsible behavior in an individual's everyday life (Kellert, 2005).
Curriculum Development
KEA's Tides Talk! floating classroom and classroom-based program is modeled after the O'Neill Sea Odyssey (OSO) program, a non-profit organization incorporated in 1996 by wetsuit innovator Jack O'Neill. The OSO program engages school groups with lessons in marine sciences, conservation, and navigation, integrated into an environmental education program performed shoreside and on a 65-foot catamaran sailing in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. OSO's curriculum is aligned with both the California State and Federal Education Standards in science and mathematics and NOAA's Essential Principals and Fundamental Concepts of Ocean Literacy. KEA's curriculum is modeled after the OSO curriculum, "Investigations in a National Marine Sanctuary." OSO's comprehensive curriculum can be found at: http://oneillseaodyssey.org/wp-content/themes/oneil/images/pdf/curriculum_english.pdf
KEA's Tides Talk! Shoreside and Inland Trek programs are modeled after the Marine Science Institute's (MSI) Discovery Voyage program located in the San Fransisco Bay area. MSI was founded in 1970 to exist as a bridge between environmental concerns and education in the San Francisco Bay area. The Discovery Voyage was formed to create opportunities for student groups to get experiences with the flora and fauna of San Francisco Bay through a variety of hands-on programs. Today, MSI serves approximately 50,000 students and adults per year through all of the programs combined. Information about MSI's programs can be found at http://www.sfbaymsi.org.
Citations:
Kellert, Stephen R (2005). Building for life: designing and understanding the human-nature connection. Chapter 3: Nature and Childhood Development. Island Press.
Lee, O. (2005). Science education with English language learners: synthesis and research agenda. Review of Educational Research, 75 (4), 491-530.
A copy of KEA's Curriculum is available to our donors and prospective sponsors. If you are a current donor, or prospective donor/sponsor and would like a copy of our curriculum, please contact us using the form below:
